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MVP helps students better themselves, their community The Metropolitan Volunteer Program aims to connect UH students and the Greater Houston area through volunteer partnerships.
By McKenzie Misiaszek | Photos courtesy of MVP alking along surfside “By interacting with MVP beach picking up students can give back trash, packaging meals at and learn more about the the Houston Food Bank community that surrounds and putting together an on them,” said assistant director campus hygiene drive to of membership Ogechi collect sanitary products Ngwakwe. “Volunteering for people who may not be benefits both the student able to afford them all make and community because Houston and UH a better it helps to improve the place to live. environment and provide better opportunities.” The Metropolitan Volunteer Program is behind the This semester’s activity list scenes of every one of is still being planned, with these activities, organizing their annual beach clean up members of the UH tentatively scheduled for community who want to be April. involved in their community and better their city. “As we prepare for this
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semester, we have started to contact our partners for any events they might be planning or any ideas we would like to propose to them,” said Angel Flores, Director of MVP. “Our first step is to always ask what our partners need since we want to make sure we can provide the help they actually are in need of. Afterwards, we ask them how many volunteers they need and any description of what we will be doing the day of the event to give to our volunteers. From there, MVP sends out the request for volunteers through
